About The ProductionYears ago, when director / co-writer Adam Rodgers was on a tour of colleges with
his father, he met a girl whose quirky exuberance absolutely captivated him. So
much so, he followed her off the tour and together, they spent a few hours alone
wandering the campus and bonding over their shared experience. It always felt
like the seed of a movie, but then there was a key "what if" moment. What if it
were the two parents who left the tour and shared a magical few hours together?
Five years later, Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga beautifully brought to life
"George Hartman" and "Edith Martin," two wildly different personalities whose
paths cross at idyllic Middleton College.

It was crucial to find just the right setting that could serve as a backdrop to
this unexpected romance, and the filmmakers found what they were looking for in
Eastern Washington. Gonzaga College in Spokane, and Washington State University
in Pullman have been seamlessly stitched together to create the fictional
Middleton. North by Northwest Productions, a full-service production company
located in Spokane, was also instrumental in bringing the film to Washington.
"It really is one-stop shopping," says co-writer and producer Glenn German.
"Having produced nearly 40 movies over the last ten or so years, they have or
have access to every resource you could possibly need to realize your vision as
filmmakers."

In addition to playing the lead, Andy Garcia also came on board as a producer
and was instrumental in attracting several key creatives. Director of
Photography Emmanuel Kadosh served as cinematographer on two previous Garcia
projects, Modigliani and The Lost City. His commitment to the use of natural
light was a perfect fit for the film set on campus. Composing the score for the
film is jazz legend Arturo Sandoval. Garcia played Sandoval in the HBO film The
Arturo Sandoval Story, and Sandoval won an Emmy for that film's score.

Producer Sig Libowitz, a former executive at Good Machine, Film Four and
Paramount, was well-versed in navigating the world of independent filmmaking.
Glenn and Adam's screenplay was the key. The honesty and humanity of their story
and characters attracted Andy, Vera and everyone else to the movie - which was
vital since we were indie-financed. Everyone pulled together and created a close
and collegial set, which helped allow the romance to come to life."

Having only twenty days to shoot a behavioral feature film can be daunting, but
Rodgers had a very specific vision about what he wanted the movie to be. Within
the framework of the story, he allowed the actors freedom to fully realize these
multi-dimensional characters. "I still have a 20 year-old piece of scratch paper
from NYU, something someone told me about directing - 'Drive the car, but with a
loose grip on the wheel.' You can't storyboard chemistry, and having the kind of
acting talent we were lucky enough to attract made my job a pleasure."

Anchor Bay Films is distributing the movie with a release planned in August/
September of 2013.